AN ITALIAN MAIOLICA RELIEF OF THE MADONNA AND CHILD

CIRCA 1480, PROBABLY FAENZA

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AN ITALIAN MAIOLICA RELIEF OF THE MADONNA AND CHILD
circa 1480, probably faenza
Moulded in relief with the Madonna within an architectural framework supporting the Infant standing on a sill, God the Father beneath the center of the Gothic arch, a crowned crest applied to a pierced tracery band along the bottom edge, within later High Gothic wood frame
22½in. (57.2cm.) high, 13½in. (34.2cm.) wide (2)